how do you reformat win xp???

[edc03]

i have win xp installed on my computer and i can't format my hard drive. i've tried format c: in dos but it's not working. is there any other way to reformat my hard drive with xp in it? thanks for all the help in advanced.

 

[TheWart]

Are you doing this using a Win98 boot disk?

 

[AKA]

If the partition is NTFS your not going to see it from dos.

You would need to fdisk it first, re-create partition then format it.

But you dont need to do that.. just use the WinXP cd.. boot off of it and have it format the partition for you.

 

[SilverBack]

A.K.A.
Has it right.

When you boot from the XP cd, start the normal install.
It will tell you that installing over another operating system isn't a good idea.
It will give you the choice to delete the partition. Do that.
Then you repartition and format.

 

[edc03]

okay cool. thanks guys.